Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 5107

So one guy had a bunch of leftover DTK so we drafted DTKx3 instead of DTKx2 FRF. The prise for the winner was one pack of Modern Masters 2015 which I bought myself.

Draft goes mostly uneventfully. Pack 1 pick 1 was Shaman of the Forgotten Ways, then I got a bunch of decent red cards, so I figured may as well play Atarka. When I passed a Flatten and Pacifism later on I wondered if I was doing it right...
Pack 2 was a Twin Bolt so ultimately was considering dropping green but I picked a few decent creatures and a wheeled dragon. I passed an Epic Confrontation of an Atarka Efreet and another on my third pack first pick for a second mythic, Dragon Whisperer. Pretty solidly in G/R at this point, I got passed some hilarious cards like two Sarkhan's Rage and a Berserker's Onslaught.

The funniest thing about my deck was that I somehow managed to pick up nearly every ramp card possible in DTK.
Shaman of the Forgotten Ways
Savage Ventmaw
Circle of Elders
Hardened Berserker

Match 1 I was up against a guy who drafted B/R with a splash of white for surprise Secure the Wastes, Dash weenies, a whole bunch of warrior synergy, and Descent of the Dragons for good measure. Unfortunately for him he didn't really hit any of his combos when up against me and I managed to scrape by two wins after getting flooded G1. We also played one for fun and I managed to pull off a Savage Ventmaw/Shaman of Forgotten Wastes ---> Biorhythm combo. That one felt good.

Match 2 was against U/G...something? He managed to pull every counterspell in the format so I didn't get much dragon action in. We each took a game and then it was G3. He slow played his fliers like crazy while I missed my first 2-3 land drops (should have mulled my 2-land hand but I had Dragon Fodder and some other good stuff) and eventually I was able to stabilize. I only had a little health left and I knew he still had a counterspell so I let him counter my dragon again, waiting until next turn to cast Berserker's onslaught. I hardcasted Atarka Efreet to force him to block the inevitable huge double striker with the added bonus of Press the Advantage giving me a 7/3 double striker. My entire goal that game was to get him to 5 health as I was sitting on a Sarkhan's Rage and I then had him at three. Unfortunately, I was at 2 health, so one of if not the ONLY way to possibly draw in this format, and we hit it.

Honourable mention to Tail Slash by the way. I had one copy of it in my deck and I drew it for amazing value every single game.

We decided since I don't really play modern and am unlikely to actually USE the cards in the MM15 pack, he could have that assuming no massive value rare and I'd settle for a consolation DTK pack. We open the MM15 pack, and it's Vendilion Clique, the second highest value card in the entire set (after Tarmogoyf)!!!

He 'sold' me my share of the card, kept a foil Aethersnipe and gave me the DTK pack for good measure Surrak, the Hunt Caller, so all in all a pretty good day of drafting when I can go up against people who are way more experienced than me, make minimal mistakes and win (or draw) and pick up some huge value on the way.